Food choices are the biggest one for me... planned to cook "real" food every year, did maybe once each burn. We ended up bringing a lot of stuff back unopened. Not this year! Most of the time, it's a must eat *right now* situation. Varying kinds crackers, chips, tortillas, peanut butter, trail mix, ...

Udder cream in it's various iterations is AWESOME. It's the default moisturizer in my house. The absorbent variety in the white container with black patches goes on hands, feet, whatever after washing and the greasy variety that comes in the green metal tub applied liberally before socks and shoes. ...

Ya, I've been watching wunderground but don't know how much is needed either. It varies based on other factors of course.

I've been looking for a site that posts satellite imagery of the area on a regular basis or some other kind of reporting mechanism with no luck so far.

From what I understand, the 2008 dunes were caused primarily by very little rainfall resulting in the sight never going underwater. I've heard this was also the case in 2007. The conditions were certainly much different than in previous years! Is there a good way to find out if there has been enough...